Fairsky, Lautoka Harbor, Harbor, IMO: 5111622, Fiji, Photo

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Code Number:: TSPV06P01_19
Title:: Fairsky, Lautoka Harbor, Harbor, IMO: 5111622; Fairsky was a passenger ship operated by the Sitmar Line, best known for her service on the migrant passenger route from Britain to Australia from the 1950s to the 1970s. In her later career, she operated out of Australia as a popular cruise ship, before being sold for scrap following a maritime accident in 1977. She actually once was outfitted to be an aircraft carrier but was diverted to be in convoys across the Atlantic during WW2.
Keel: 17 April 1941 (as a C3 Cargo Ship)
Builder: Western Pipe & Steel
Location: San Francisco, USA
Launched: 27 September 1942
Other names: Steel Artisan, USS Barnes, HMS Attacker, Castel Forte
Status: Scrapped (24 May 1980)
General characteristics
weight: 12,464 GRT
Length: 153 meters
Beam: 21.2 meters
Speed: 17.5 knots
Screws: Single
Complement: 1,461 one-class passengers
Registry: Liberia
IMO: 5111622
Last known flag: PHILIPPINES
Former names: Fairsky (Until 1977 Dec 11), Fair Sky (not Yet Confirmed), Fairsky (not Yet Confirmed), Castel Forte
Scrapped
Town of Lautoka:
Lautoka is the second largest city of Fiji. It is in the west of the island of Viti Levu, 24 kilometers north of Nadi, and is the second port of entry in Fiji
Keywords:: Fiji, Architecture, Melanesia, Fijian, Passenger Ship, Transportation, Vessel, Maritime, Industry, Commercial, Travel, Traveling, Nautical, Boat, Schiff, History, Archives, History, Archives

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Code Number:: TSPV06P01_19
Title:: Fairsky, Lautoka Harbor, Harbor, IMO: 5111622; Fairsky was a passenger ship operated by the Sitmar Line, best known for her service on the migrant passenger route from Britain to Australia from the 1950s to the 1970s. In her later career, she operated out of Australia as a popular cruise ship, before being sold for scrap following a maritime accident in 1977. She actually once was outfitted to be an aircraft carrier but was diverted to be in convoys across the Atlantic during WW2.
Keel: 17 April 1941 (as a C3 Cargo Ship)
Builder: Western Pipe & Steel
Location: San Francisco, USA
Launched: 27 September 1942
Other names: Steel Artisan, USS Barnes, HMS Attacker, Castel Forte
Status: Scrapped (24 May 1980)
General characteristics
weight: 12,464 GRT
Length: 153 meters
Beam: 21.2 meters
Speed: 17.5 knots
Screws: Single
Complement: 1,461 one-class passengers
Registry: Liberia
IMO: 5111622
Last known flag: PHILIPPINES
Former names: Fairsky (Until 1977 Dec 11), Fair Sky (not Yet Confirmed), Fairsky (not Yet Confirmed), Castel Forte
Scrapped
Town of Lautoka:
Lautoka is the second largest city of Fiji. It is in the west of the island of Viti Levu, 24 kilometers north of Nadi, and is the second port of entry in Fiji
Keywords:: Fiji, Architecture, Melanesia, Fijian, Passenger Ship, Transportation, Vessel, Maritime, Industry, Commercial, Travel, Traveling, Nautical, Boat, Schiff, History, Archives, History, Archives
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